Ralph Laxon Rothwell

Stoker 2nd Class

Conflict:

WW2

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

HMS STRONGHOLD (H50) was a British Royal Navy Destroyer of 905 tons built in 1919 by Scotts, Greenock for the Admiralty. She was powered by a steam turbine giving 27,000shp and a speed of 36 knots. On 2 March 1942 a Japanese task group consisting of the heavy cruiser Maya and the destroyers Arashi and Nowaki, belonging to a Japanese carrier force operating S of Java, discovered and sank HMS STRONGHOLD fleeing from Tjilatjap to Australia.

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Casualty

Service Number:

2426

Name:

Ralph Laxon Rothwell

Name variation:

RALPH LAXTON

Rank:

Stoker 2nd Class

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Navy, HMS Stronghold

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Ship lost, listed missing, presumed killed

Date of Death:

02 March 1942

Day of Death:

Monday

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland

Cemetery Reference:

Panel 5.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand